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Alaska reported a brand-new death connected to COVID-19 and 115 brand-new infection cases among locals and nonresidents on Saturday, extending a rise in cases that has actually increase drastically in the past a number of weeks.
The brand-new cases come amid major outbreaks in the seafood market, including an OBI Seafoods processing plant in Seward where 98 employees checked favorable, a American Seafoods factory trawler with 85 verified cases, an Alaska Glacier Seafoods plant in Juneau with 40 cases and, most just recently, a Copper River Seafoods plant in Anchorage with 56 cases of the illness, announced Friday night.
By Saturday, state information showed that there were 1,901 active cases of COVID-19 among both homeowners and nonresidents while 947 individuals had actually recovered.
The brand-new death reported Saturday included a Fairbanks man in his 70 s who had pre-existing conditions, according to an online declaration from the state’s health department. The total number of Alaskans whose deaths were related to COVID-19 is now 20.
There were 30 people hospitalized with COVID-19 and 8 under examination by Saturday, according to the health department. Statewide, 115 individuals with COVID-19 have been hospitalized as of Saturday, a boost of four from the previous day.
New cases reported Saturday include 88 citizens, consisting of 48 in Anchorage and one in Eagle River. There were 6 cases in Wasilla and four in Palmer.
In the Kenai Peninsula Borough, three individuals from